p 3 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1
5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
originFrom Spanish patio, either from Old Occitan patu or pati (compare Occitan and Catalan pati), from Late Latin pactus, from Latin pactum (“pact, agreement, bargain”), hence a doublet of pact, or alternatively from Latin patēre (“to lie open”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0